Since when is it NOT wrong for TELCOM to disallow recording of <EOF> into a .DO file being downloaded, but it IS wrong for the LaddieAlpha/TS-DOS combination during the same operation?
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:29 AM Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > Since when does a disk drive decide what is and is not supposed to be > treated as text vs binary data? The application author who decides which > flags to use with open() does that, or the ftp client user does that by > using the bin option *which exists*. The the drive subsystem never ever > decides that. > > No one answered the question about the sewing machines which also used > these drives. > > "AFAIK "good programming practices and principles" are suggestions and > recommendations, not laws." > Indeed. > 1) I never said anything else. > 2) Why is a "good practice" good in the first place? For a reason, not > because god said so or something. Something is good or bad because of the > harm it lessens or increases. > > > -- Gary Weber [email protected]
